About the Authors and Bio for book.
I was raised in Clarkson, Mississauga from the age of 2, but when I was 15 years old my parents bought a house up north in Flesherton, Ontario were the population was only 300. This has caused cultural shock to me and my brothers. I ended up running away as I couldn’t handle the small community they choose to live in.
Upon running away I lived on the streets in many cities for almost seven years; drinking and drugging to adjust to the way of living and I felt lost in my own skin and thinking there wasn’t anyone out there that could help me.
One day I had enough and called the Withdrawal Management Center (detox) in Brampton, Ontario to see if I could get help, as I really wanted it this time.
While in detox I asked them to help me get clean and sober so I could live in my own skin. I was accepted to a treatment center and spent three and a half months there learning how to live in the community. I really enjoyed the learning process that not only kept me sober and clean but also allowed me to return to school to get my Grade 12 diploma. I now have a diploma in Drug and Alcohol counselling, one as a Social Service worker and I am currently attending Lakehead University working towards my bachelor of social work degree.
Through many struggles today I am just over 6 years clean and sober. I can say that this road was the hardest road I have ever been on until I learned to stop fighting it and learned to see the gifts of sobriety that I have been blessed with.
Today I have many successes and awards through school and the community, e.g. Lieutenant Governor’s Community Volunteer Awards for Students, I been nominated for the "Order of Orillia Award”, and I was the first student at Georgian College & Lakehead University’s history to ever established a financial award in my own name while still in studies.
Today my goal is to give back to the community and help someone that can’t help themselves. This is why I wrote this book, hoping to reach out to those that need it. I feel sharing my struggles and hopes can help another person from going down the wrong road as I have.
Included are 12 testimonials from people who know me and tell it as it was; from a sergeant of the Halton Regional Police station, a jail guard, my former probation officer, counsellors, both parents, son, and a few ex-girlfriends etc...
My book is presently in over 25,000 different stores through the online distribution centers, e.g Barnes & Noble, Amazon, etc…
I have also been interviewed on:
Inspirational Transformational TV Show
Rogers TV (Catching up with Kelly)
Rogers TV (Barrie Daytime)
Thanks,
Robert Moore
Author of There’s Moore to Life
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